Rubai

ii.n yak-nafas-e-’aziiz raa KHush mii daar
kaz haasil-e-’umr-e-maa hamii.n yak-nafas ast

Omar Khayyam

Persian Sufi Poetry

guftamash ai KHizr-e-masiihaa-nafas
KHizr-o-masiihaa tu.ii imroz-o-bas

Jami

Ghazal

nafas bhii tez-tar aur dil bhii masruuf-e-fuGaa.n meraa
payaam-e-vasl hai shaayad Gam-e-soz-e-nihaa.n meraa

Aziz Warsi Dehlvi

Persian Sufi Poetry

har-nafas aavaaz-e-ishq mii-rasad az chap-o-raast
maa ba-falak mii-ravem azm-e-tamaashaa ki raast

Rumi

Ghazal

is dahr-e-pur-aashuub me.n vo paak-nafas hai
jis ke dil-e-naazuk kii sadaa baa.ng-e-jaras hai

Sheikh Abu Saeed Safvi

Ghazal

har nafas girya-o-maatam ke sivaa kuchh bhii nahii.n
zindagii kyaa hai tere Gam ke sivaa kuchh bhii nahii.n

Behzad Lakhnavi

Kalaam

ham-nafas is chaman-e-dahr me.n kam aate hai.n
buu-e-gul se kaho Thahr abhii ham aate hai.n

Maikash Akbarabadi

Ghazal

har-nafas un kii baat kii jaa.e
yuu.n basar ab hayaat kii jaa.e

Sadiq Dehlvi

Ghazal

ham-nafas sayyaad jis din mehrbaa.n ho jaaygaa
dekh lenaa ye qafas bhii aashiyaa.n ho jaaygaa

Masood Lakhimpuri

Kalaam

ham KHudii hii me.n KHudaa ko ham-nafas paane lage
arz par rah kar samaa tak haath dau.Daane lage

Watan Hyderabadi

sher

mujhe har-qadam terii justujuu mujhe har-nafs terii aarzuu
mujhe apnaa Gam hai na Gam-e-jahaa.n terii shaan jalla-jalaaluhu

Maail Warsi

Chadar

rishta-e-taar-e-nafas se mai.n banaa.uu.n chaadar
ruuh ke nuur se bharpuur cha.Dhaa.uu.n chaadar

Khwaja Nazir Nizami

Sufi Quotes

nafs ko achchhi tarah samajh, jab tu nafs ko jaan lega, to duniya ko pahchan sakega aur agar tu rooh ko pahchan lega, to uqba ko pahchan lega.

Bu Ali Shah Qalandar

Kalaam

kiyaa har nafs ko zinda saaqii mujhe pilaa ke
har dam na laa rahaa hai kalima pa.Dhaa pa.Dhaa ke

Pir Ameer Shah Qadri

Sufi Proverb

taa nafs hast aarzuu baaqi ast

taa nafs hast aarzuu baaqi ast

Oral Tradition

Persian Sufi Poetry

zahe nafs-e-nabii chuu.n gauhar-e-jaa.n paak daamaane
zamii.n raa buu-turaab-o-arsh raa kHurshiid-e-taabaane

Shah Akbar Danapuri

Sufi Quotes

jis qadar dil ki safai zyada hoti jati hai, usi qadar nafs par qabu baDhta jata hai.

Makhdoom Khadim Safi

sher

har qadam kashmakash har-nafs uljhane.n zindagii vaqf hai dard-e-sar ke liye
pahle apne hii darmaa.n kaa Gam thaa hame.n ab dvaa chaahi.e chaaraagar ke li.e

Shakeel Badayuni

Sufi Quotes

Qazi gave much importance to the realisation of the inmost self. It means Sufi should have full contro! over the lower-self (nafs) through muraqba or watching the self.

Qazi gave much importance to the realisation of the inmost self. It means Sufi should have full contro! over the lower-self (nafs) through muraqba or watching the self.

Qazi Hameeduddin Nagori